Welsh defender Neil Taylor received a straight red for the horrendous challenge during the 0-0 World Cup qualifier on Friday.

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Former Hoops boss O’Neill insists he can come back as good as ever, just like Larsson.

He said: “Great players have broken their legs and come back, and Seamus, obviously it’s very early for him to start considering all those things, but he is positive.

“Before I went to Celtic, about five or six months before that, Henrik Larsson had a very serious injury and he recovered magnificently and the injury didn’t bother him again from then until the end of his career, so players have recovered.”

Henrik Larsson came back from his injury and had spells with Manchester United and Barcelona

Larsson was ruled out for eight months back in 1999 during Celtic’s 1-0 Uefa Cup defeat to Lyon.

Despite his lengthy spell on the sidelines the Swedish star came back to star for the Hoops before going on to have spells with Barcelona and Manchester United.

O’Neill insists Coleman, 28, is in positive spirits and is ready to battle back.

He said: “Naturally he’s down, as he would be as the realisation that he is going to be out of action for quite some considerable time has dawned on him, so those type of things don’t just take five minutes to get over.

“I saw him yesterday and he’s still pretty down about it. He’s not in as much pain, the operation went very well and it’s just a matter of coming to terms with it.

“But he’s very strong, he’s got a lot of good people around him, his family is very, very strong as well and he is positive that he will be back and as good as ever.”

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